Cosmetic holder



April 25, 1939. A MlTCHELL l 2,155,797

COSMETIG HOLDER Filed June 20, 1938 una Patented Apr. 25, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COSMETIO HOLDER August Mitchell, Chase Brass &

New York, N. Y., assignor to Copper Co` Incorporated, Wa-

6 Claims.

The present invention relates to an improved construction for cosmetic holders such, for example, as those manufactured and supplied to the trade for carrying about in handbags, pocketbooks, and like receptacles, small amounts of cosmetics which are commonly utilized to beautify the complexion, skin, or hair of the user.

One of the objects of this invention is to pro- Vide an improved cosmetic-holder construction whereby greater strength, rigidity, and durability may be imparted to portions of the cosmeticholder which are commonly distorted and deformed by the strains produced therein by manipulations of the cover and cosmetic backing-plate.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved cosmetic-holder construction comprising a minimum number of parts of simple and effective form to impart a desirable degree of lightness, strength, and compactness in such a Way as to enhance and tend to maintain the ornamental appearance of the cosmetic holder.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a combined cosmetic-retainer-hingeknuckle member of peculiar construction for releasably retaining the cosmetic in position within the cosmetic holder while, at the same time, relieving the lateral wall of the cosmetic holder of strains commonly imposed thereon by manipulations of the cover and cosmetic backing-plate.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear to those skilled in the art, from the present disclosure, this invention includes all features in the said disclosure which are novel over the prior art.

For the purposes of illustration, the accompanying drawing shows an adaptation of the invention to a cosmetic holder of a type in which a cake of compressed powder is suitably formed upon a backing-plate for placement in the said cosmetic holder wherein it is to be releasably retained until it is replaced by a refill.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the cosmetic holder with the cover-member in closed position on the body-member thereof;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical medial section corresponding to the line 3 3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view of the cosmetic holder with the cover-member in open position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section corresponding to the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the cosmeticretainer-hinge-knuckle member; and

Fig. '7 is a similar view of the body-member.`

According to the embodiment of the invention shown on the drawing, a body-member, designated generally by the reference character I0, is provided with a cover-member II to form a closed cosmetic holder. The said cover-member II is provided with a knuckle-member IIa by means of which it is pivotally mounted on a hinge-pin I2 arranged adjacent to the upper marginal edge of the lateral wall I3 of the said body-member I and substantially in tangential relation thereto. For this purpose, a combined retainer-and-hinge member, designated generally by the reference character I4, is employed. In i As shown in the drawing, the terminal-portions` of the upwardly-diverging arms I6 of the member I4 are curled about the hinge-pin I2 to form hinge-pin knuckles I8-I8 which extend outwardly from the wall I3. In the preferred form of the invention shown in the drawing, those interior portions of the combined retainer-andhinge member which extend downwardly from the slots I'I-I'I to a point adjacent the bottomwall of the body-member l0 of the cosmetic holder are inclined inwardly from the inner surface ofthe wall I3 towards an intermediate protuberant portion I52L of the cosmetic-retaining portion I of the member I4. This protuberant portion I5P- is arranged in the path of the marginal edge of a cosmetic-backing plate IS during the tilting movement of the said or a similar backing-plate about an opposite marginal portion thereof which occurs whenever the cosmetic is to be replaced by a refill. It will be understood from the foregoing that during this tilting movement of the cosmetic-backing plate i9, the resilient character of the material (spring-brass or the like) of which the retainer-and-hinge member I4 is constructed, renders it yieldable toward the inner surface of the lateral wall I3 to a suflicient degree to permit the marginal edge of the plate I9 to snap past the protuberant portion I5.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the hinge-pin knuckles I8-I8 are integrally united each to the other by the arms IIS- I 6 which branch upwardly from the cosmetic-retainer portion I5 of the combined retainer-and-hinge member I4. Inasmuch as the said hinge-pin knuckles IB-IB are symmetrically disposed with respect to the central vertical plane of the said combined retainer-and-hinge member, the said member serves as a reenforcement to the lateral wall I3 in andl around the hinge. At the same time, the lower end of the cosmetic-retaining portion of the said member is positioned to flex during a slight resilient retirement of the protuberant portion l5a resulting from the insertion or removal of the cosmetic-backing plate I9. Furthermore, the marginal edge of the cover-member Il in the fully-open position thereof comes into engagement with the outer surface of the lateral wallY I3 at a point slightly below and substantially midway between the hinge-pin knuckles |8-I8 which latter are integrally united and thus serve to rmly support the lateral wall I3 of the bodymember I at the deflected upper end of the arms l6-l6.

The invention may be carried out in other specic ways than that herein set forth, without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

l. A cosmetic-holder construction, comprising: a cosmetic-receiving body-member; al covermember for the said body-member; and a combined cosmetic-retainer-hinge-knuckle member having a portion thereof extending through and retained against inward displacement from the said lateral wall of the said cosmetic-receiving body-member by means of a hinge-receiving knuckle formed therein at the outer surface of the lateral wall and a cosmetic-retaining portion depending within the said body-member; ka cover-hinge-pin mounted in said knuckle; and a cosmetic-backing plate generally conforming to the contour of the said lateral wall and constructed to have marginal engagement with and to snap past the cosmetic-retaining portion of the cosmetic-retainer-hinge-knuckle member during the forcible insertion of the cosmetic into and removal from the said cosmetic-receiving bodymember.

2. A cosmetic-holder construction, comprising: bodyand cover-members; an integrally-constructed cosmetic-retainer-hinge-knuckle member extending through and anchored in the upper marginal portion or" the lateral wall of the said body member, said cosmetic retainer hinge knuckle member including at the top a hinge-pinknuckle projecting outwardly from the said lateral wall of the body-member, and a cosmeticretaining portion spaced from and displaceable towards the inner surface of the said lateral wall by the slidable engagement therewith of a cosmetic during the forcible insertion of the said cosmetic into the said body-member.

3. In a cosmetic-holder, the combination with a body-member having a lateral wall provided adjacent its upper marginal edge with circumferentially-spaced substantially-aligned slots; of a cosmetic-retainer-hinge-knuckle member constructed of resilient sheet material and having circumferentially-spaced branches in contacting engagement with the inner surface of said lateral wall at the said slots respectively and inclined downwardly away from said inner surface, the terminal-portions of said branches being extended through said slots and shaped exteriorly thereto to provide circumferentially-aligned hinge-knuckles in contacting engagement with the outer surface of said lateral vwall at said slots; and a cosmetic-retainer portion depending from and integrally uniting the said branches, said cosmetio-retainer portion being terminated short of the bottom inner surface of the said bodymember and having a protuberance formed therein to releasably retain a cosmetic-cake in position on the bottom surface of said body-member.

4. A cosmetic holder-construction, comprising: a cosmetic-receiving body-member provided with a llateral wall; a combined retainer-and-hinge member extending through and having its entire weight carried by said lateral wall; a covermember; a hinged-connection between the covermember and the combined retainer-and-hinge member, including knuckle-members integrally formed with the combined retainer-and-hinge and cover-members, respectively; the said hinged-connection being constructed and arranged at the outer surface of the said lateral wall to reinforce and to be reinforced by the said lateral wall; and an integrally formed cosmeticretainer-portion of the said retainer-and-hinge member depending within the said body-member and displaceable towards the inner wall thereof by slidable-engagement with the cosmetic as the latter is moved into and out of position within the body-member.

5. A cosmetic holder-construction, comprising: a cosmetic-receiving body-member having a lateral wall provided adjacent its upper marginal edge with substantially-aligned circumferentially-spaced slots; a combined retainerand-hinge member constructed of resilient sheet metal and comprising circumferentially-spaced arms in contacting engagement with the inner surface of said lateral wall at the said slots respectively, the said arms being downwardly convergent within the body-member and integrally united adjacent the bottom thereof to form a depending cosmetic-retainer portion, the terminal portions of said arms being extended through the said slots and forming hinge-knuckles protruding beyond the outer surface of the said lateral wall; and a cover for the said body-member provided with an integrally-formed hinge-knuckle interposed between the knuckle-members formed by the terminal portions of the said arms; and a hinge-pin extending through all of said hingeknuckles and pivotally supporting the cover hinge-knuckle in oscillatory bearing engagement with the outer surface of the said lateral wall.

6. A cosmetic holder-construction, comprising: 1

a body-member having a lateral wall provided with aligned circumferentially-spaced slots adjacent the upper marginal edge thereof; a cover for the said body-member; a combined retainerand-hinge member constructed of resilient sheet material and comprising a cosmetic-retainer portion depending below and circumferentially intermediate to the slots in the lateral wall of lsaid body-member; upwardly branching arms having their terminal portions extending outwardly through the circumferentially-aligned slots in the lateral wall of the said body-member, the said terminal portions being constructed to form circumferentially-aligned hinge-knuckles protruding from the outer surface of the said lateral wall; and a hinge-pin mounted in the said hingeknuckles for pivotally mounting the said cover on the said body-member; the said cosmetic-retainer portion being constructed and arranged to be displaceable outwardly toward the lateral wall of the body-member by the engagement therewith of the marginal edge of a cosmetic-backing plate.

AUGUST MITCHELL. 

